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V. FINDING A CORPSE IN THE WILDERNESS. 457
it]. 288. He runs, and a second time he reaches people. 289. If they do not grant him purification, (290) they share a half of that deed of his, (that is, of all that sin, not possible for him to bear, except when they shall perform his purification, as it were a half is even for them at its origin.]
291. 'He shall run the third mile (while he runs for it). 292. When he runs, the third he shall reach, (293) if they do not grant him purification, share alla that deed of his, (that is, all that sin which it is not possible for him to bear, except when they shall perform his purification, is ever theirs at its origin.]
294. He shall then run forwards : 295. He shall thus stop opposite some people of the next house, village, tribe, or district, and he shall be prepared with a loud issue of words, (296) thus : “I have thus stood close by the body of him who is dead; (297) I am no wisher for it by thought, I am no wisher for it by word, I am no wisher for it by deed, [that is, it is not possible to bear without washing.) 298. It demands purification for me, [that is, wash me thoroughly!]” 299. If they do not grant him purification, he shall then purify over his own body with bull's urine, and also with water; thus he shall be thoroughly purified over?'
[a. He shall go three miles ; it is not allowable to walk back to his district, until he has fully striven
1 That is, half of the two-thirds remaining with him, or onethird of the whole original trespass. . That is, all the remaining one-third of the original trespass.
See Ep. II, iii, 3. • What follows is a commentary, by the Pahlavi translators, on the whole passage.
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